Step 3: Add 'Get Text From Webpage' Action.

Step 4: Add the 'New IPod Note' Action

This action creates an iPod Note (menu/extras/notes) with the input text from the last action. Since we are passing in the text from the wikipedia article you chose, that is what the note will consist of.

Under the 'iTunes' section, drag the 'create new iPod note' action below the two other actions you have already added

Under the 'Options' panel, select 'Show Action when run' and check save. DO NOT CHECK 'use current date as name' CHECKBOX!!!

The WikiPodia Action is now complete!

Step 5: Save It, Use It

Now that the actual action is done, there is one more step...

If you were to run this workflow now, with the iPod mounted, it would work...

But wouldn't it be nice to have a stand alone app that did this?

Under the File menu, select Save As.

Select a destination and use the pullldown menu to select 'Application' instead of 'Workflow'.

Save and Quit.

Open your app. (Or run the workflow)

A window will pop up asking for a URL. Although it was designed to work with wikipedia articles, it will work with any webpage.

Input the url.

Click 'Continue'.

Then a window will show asking what to name the note. Choose an appropriate name.

If you have more than one iPod mounted, another window will pop up, asking which one to put the note on.

You are done.

Navigate to the 'Notes' folder of your iPod (Extras, Notes).

If the page you selected was too long, it will break the page into seperate note pages.

Choose a note with a name you chose and read.

As you might notice, it adds ALL the text, so some seemingly out of context bits might be added here and there. %90 of the text 'Especially from Wikipedia articles) will be easy to read.

Ah, you caught me. I wrote a whole instructable that doesn't work, and got ever one else to play along ;-)
I think you might be doing something wrong. Perhaps your software is not up to date? How random is the text? Let's sort this out.